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It's the end of an era...

We went down to morning and night about two months ago. Slowly over those 2 months we phased out the AM feeding. He wanted to get up, get dressed and eat breakfast instead.

Last week I had a headache and was tired on Thursday night so we put him to bed without nursing. We ate dinner, got in PJs and read Goodnight Moon instead of nursing. Since that worked so well we did it again on Friday night. Saturday he spent the night at my parents' house. So on Sunday it had been 3 nights of Goodnight Moon and no nursing. I decided to try the same routine. It worked!

So tomorrow it's been a week...I guess we're done for real now. I have to say, sometimes I miss it, sometimes I don't. But I am grateful for all the quality time we spent together nursing. Almost 16 months...I'm pretty proud of myself!

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It's hard, isn't it? But, it's just like when you send your kids to school, or watch them get married or whatever.....you're glad they're moving ahead and growing, yet sad that they don't need you as much.

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It's so hard for me to imagine, but it sounds so gentle, like I imagine weaning should be. At the same time it makes me upset at the thought b/c by DD is about the same age!
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